TOWN OF BATH. 



169 



*' The first includes Bath Square, Liberty Street, the road northeast- 

 ward to William Read's house and southwestward to Canisteo Town, 

 and new road to Capt. Shethars' saw-mill. 



^^ Second District begins at the house of John Metcalf, including 

 all the roads westward as far as the town of Bath extends. 



*' Third District begins at William Dunn's tavern house, and in- 

 cludes the roads eastward to the house of Daniel White. 



"Fourth District begins at the house of William Read, and includes 

 the road towards Hope Town so far as the town of Bath extends. 



" Fifth District begins at Capt. Shethars' Landing, and includes 

 the road southwestward to his saw-mill. 



"Sixth District begins at Capt. Shethars' Landing, and includes 

 the roads northward so far as the town of Bath extends. 



"Seventh District begins at the house of Daniel White, and in- 

 cludes the road towards Painted Post and Frederick Bartle's, so far 

 as the town of Bath extends. 



"William Kersey, 

 "Samuel Baker, 

 ^'William Barney. 



"April 17, 1798." 



"record of WILLIAM HELM'S NEGROES. 



"Betsey's child Wat, born Feb. 11, 1805. 

 " Caty's child Taylor, born April 12, 1805. 

 " Milly's child Willie, born April 16, 1805. 

 "Jenny's child Eliza, born March 10, 1805. 

 "Recorded 16th April, 1805. 



" IIowell Bull, Town Clerk.'" 



We find in the town records the following certificate ; 



" I, William Dunn, Esq., of the town of Bath, in the county of 

 Steuben, do hereby certify that my negro wench Molly was delivered 

 of a mulatto male child on the 22d day of October, 1799, which child 

 is named Peter. 



" Bath, 10th day of April, 1800. 



^' To the Clerk of the town of Bath, which you 



will enter as the law requires. 

 "Recorded the 10th day of April, 1800. 



"Henry A. Townsend, Town Clerk.'^ 



Slaves were held in the town of Bath till after the pas- 

 sage of the law of April 9, 1813, entitled an " Act con- 

 cerning Slaves and Servants." In that year Gren. Howell 

 Bull manumitted a negro man slave whose time he had 

 purchased of Mr. John Fitzhugh in the year 1809. The 

 following is the certificate of manumission : 



" To all lohom it may concern : 



" I do hereby agree to manumit and set at liberty the above-men- 

 tioned Aaron Butcher, he having faithfully served me for the term of 

 four years ; which service I hereby agree to accept for the purchase- 

 money and interest. 



" Griven under my hand at Bath, this 24th day of November, 1813. 



"Howell Bull." 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



William Dunn. 





Supervisors. 



Clerks. 



Collectors. 



1797. 



Charles Cameron. 



James Edie. 



Gustavus Gillespie 



1798. 



ii (( 



a a 



(I a 



1799. 



George McClure. 



Charles McClure. 



Charles McClure. 



1800. 



a (c 



Henry A. Townsend.Samuel Baker. 



1801. 



U (( 



i( (( 



t( a 



1802. 



Henry A. Townsend. Charles McClure. 



William Read. 



1803. 



Samuel Baker. 



(( (( 



James McDonald. 



1804. 



i( a 



Henry A. Townsenc 



(I a 



1805. 



a (( 



Howell Bull. 



James Brundage. 



1806. 



George McClure. 



Henry A. Townsend.James McDonald. 



1807. 



a it 



Howell Bull. 



a ({ 



1808. 



Howell Bull. 



Thomas Metcalf. 



a (( 



1809. 



Henry Kennedy. 



Howell Bull. 



a ii 



1810. 



James Faulkner. 



a (( 



John Hanks. 



1811. 



Cornelius Younglove. " " 



i( u 





22 







(( 

 a 



Clerks. 

 Howell Bull. 



a 



(I 



John Metcalf. 



ii 



a 

 ii 



Supervisors. 



1812. Thomas Aulls. 



1813. " 



1814. " 



1815. Howell Bull. 



1816. Elisha Hanks. 



1817. " " 



1818. William Woods. 



1819. Samuel Baker. 



1820. " " 



1821. Elisha Hanks. 



1822. " " 



1823. " " 



1824. Henry Welles. 



1825. John W. Fowler. 



1826. " " 



1827. James G. Higgins. 



1828. " " 



1829. George C. Edwards. Lewis Biles. 



William H. Bull, 

 ii ii 



iC ii 



John W, Fowler, 



ii ii 



ii a 



Reuben Robie. 



a ii 



ii a 



ii a 



1830. " " 



1831. Reuben Robie, 



1832. " " 



1833. Wm, J. Neally, 



1834. " " 



1835. Henry W. Rogers. 



1836. William Hamilton 



1837. " " 



1838. " " 



1839. D. McMaster. 



1840. Robert Campbell, Jr, 



1841. " " 



1842. " " 



1843. " " 



1844. " " 



1845. Chester Whitaker, 



1846. John W. Fowler. 

 ■1847. " " 



1848. " " 



1849. " " 



1850. John Ostrander. 



1851. " " 



1852. Paul C. Cook. 



1853. " " 



1854. " " 



1855. David McMaster, 



1856. William Howell. 



1857. " " 



1858. Alva E, Brown, 



1859. " " 



1860. " " 



1861. H, H. Hull, 



1862. William Howell. 



1863. John L. Smith. 



1864. " " 



1865. David Rumsey. 



1866. " 



Reuben Robie. 

 Wm. S. HubbeU, 

 William H. Bull, 

 Franklin Metcalf. 

 William Hamilton. 

 Alexander Hess. 



N. W, Gardner. 



ii ii 



George Edwards, 

 ii 



a 

 ii 

 ii 

 ii 



Alexander Hess. 

 Peter Swart. 

 Perry S. Donahe. 



James R. Dudley. 

 John Palmer. 

 Charles H, Howell. 

 Peter Halsey. 



James Lindsay, 



i( a 



James R. Dudley. 

 James Lindsay. 



1867. " 



1868. " 



1869. " 



1870. " 



1871. " 



1872. Samuel Balcom. 



1873. William Rumsey. 



1874. G. H, Brundage, 



1875. " " 



1876. Henry Faucett. 



1877. James Faucett. 



1878. Orange Seymour. 



a ii 



it ii 



ii ii 



a ii 



ii (t 



ii ii 



ii it 



ii a 



H ii 



ii a 



ii ii 



ii ii 



ii a 

 (I it 



a ii 



i( ii 



ii n 



Collectors. 



Elisha Hanks. 



ii ii 



John Hanks. 

 Jonathan Knapp. 

 Otis Hunt. 



ii n 



Dauphin Murray. 



ii ii 



a ii 



ii ii 



ii 



ii 



Moses Dudley, 



ii a 



William Hamilton. 



Elisha Hanks. 



ii ii 



George Huntington. 



Philo Andrews, 

 Jason H, Stone. 



a u 



ii ii 



Henry Pier, 



ii ii 



Jared H. Thompson, 



E, R. Bidwell, 



ii 4i 



Austin Hall, 



ii ii 



John Hanks, 

 David Love, 

 Aluion Eggleston. 

 John Stout. 



a it 



Calvin W, Cooley. 

 Stephen P, Young, 

 F. W, Bradley. 



a ii 



Samuel Van Pelt, 

 Leander Allerton, 

 Jared H. Thompson. 



George W, Breck, 



J. H, Hillerman. 

 T. P. Purdy. 



Wm. R, Collier. 

 C, A. UnderhilL 

 T. A, Silsbee, 

 0, W, Sutton. 

 Sebastian G. Lewis. 

 John W. Freeman. 

 John Sutherland. 

 John W, Freeman, 

 Frank A, Fay. 

 John McNamara, 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



1830. Henry W. Rogers, 



1831. Oliver Rice. 



1832. William Hamilton, 

 George Wheeler. 



1833. George Wheeler. 



1834. John D. Higgins. 



1835. Oliver Rice, 



1836. William Hamilton. 

 1838. George Wheeler (v.). 



Henry Pier. 



